Pencil-holder.



IVI. F. SEXTON.

PENCIL HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 6, I9I3.

Patented Deo. 14, 1915.

y AITUHNEVS MICHAEL FRANCIS SEXTON, 0F STUART, IOWA.

PENCIL-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. ML, 1915.

Application led November 6, 1913. Serial No. 799,489.

To all weom it may concern.

Be it known that I, MICHAEL F. SExToN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Stuart, in the county of Guthrie and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Pencil-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to means for holding a pencil, and has reference more particularly to a pencil holder adapted to be received on a persons finger, and which comprises a ring having means adapted to receive and hold a pencil or a penholder.

The object of the invention is to provide a pencil holder which is simple, convenient and inexpensive, which is always in view and at hand, so that the pencil cannot be mislaid, which permits the insertion or removal of the pencil from the holder with one hand and which can be adapted to suit any finger of a hand.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which like characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views and in which:

Figure l is a perspective view showing an embodiment of my invention in use; Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2, Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3, Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a plan view in the direction of the arrow as shown in Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, 5 represents a ring, preferably :madel adjustable by providing one of the free ends 6 of the ring 5 with apertures 7, while the other end 8 of the ring, which is interior with respect to the end 6, is provided with a pin 9 adapted Y to engage saidopenings. The ring 5 is preferably formed of material the resiliency of which will bring together the free ends l6 and 8 and therefore maintain engagement between the pin 9 and the corresponding opening 7 Positioned on the lateral surface of the ring, preferably opposite the free ends of the same and adjacent each edge, is a resilient member 10 secured in any suitable Way to the ring and having preferably the shape of a V secured to the base, the extremities 11 of which are rounded inwardly between the branches of the V. Between these rounded extremities l1 the members l0 are adapted te receive and hold a pencil.

From the above description it will be easily seen that my device can be very efficiently used by persons who use a pencil intermittently in their work, as this will enable them 'to car a pencil always at hand and in sight without in any way interfering with their work, and will obviate the necessity of spending time in looking for a pencil when same is mislaid.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. In a pencil holder, the combination of a ring with a resilient V-shaped member rigid with said ring at the base of the V and having its extremities rounded between the branches of the V and adapted to receive a pencil therebetween substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a pencil holder, the combination of a ring with means adapted to receive and hold a pencil, comprising a V-shaped member secured to the lateral surface of the ring at the base of thesame and having its extremities rounded between the branches of the V, said rounded ends being resilient and thereby adapted to receive and hold a pencil substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a pencil holder, the combination of a ring having means whereby the size thereof may be varied, and a V-shaped member rigidly secured with its base to the lateral surface of the ring, the extremities of the V branches being rounded inwardly, said branches being of resilient nature, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MICHAEL FRANCIS SEXTON.

Witnesses:

T. A. DrEBoLD, WM. WALLACE. 

